Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-06-23
THE CHAMPlAIN BURNED.
From 10 to 20 Lives known to be L,

From 10 to go Lives Known tn be Lost.
The steamer Champlain, which left Chi
cago Tuesday night June IA, for Cheboy-
gan, was discovered on fire when about six
miles from CharlevoiX and about mile
from shore on the morning OF the 18th.
The flames made their appearance so sud-
denly and made such rapid progress that
there was little time for preparation, and
the work of saving the passengers by
means of boats and RATS seems to have
been unfortunately managed. The pas
sengers were all asleep, but were aroused
and provided with life preseryers, and as
soon as the flames had obtained complete
mastery of the vessel they were driven
into the lake.
There were from thirty to forty persons
on board, mostly the crew. The
following Is the list of those lost
as near as can be ascertained: Capt.
Lucas of Petoskey, Henry Brennan of
Chicago, clerk, Ella Cooper Smith of
Charlevoix, Robert Wilkes of Charlevoix,
George Wrisley of Charlevox, Mrs. NJ.
Kehoe of Chicago, II. M. McKeel of Chi
cago, Steward Beams two children, aged
3 and 5, of Chicago, III. Russell, travelling
salesman of the Jackson corset company.
a number of deckhands, whites and In
dams, names and residences at present un-
known. The second cook and cabin boy
Of Chicago. A man and boy from Mil
waukee, bound for Mackinac, names UNI
known. A lady and daughter from Frank
fort. names unknown.
Those saved lOated in the water for at
least an hour and a-half, when the light
from the burning boat attracted the atten-
tor of persons on the shore, and boats
put off to their relief and rescue.
Eight or ten others believed to be on
board are still unaccounted for and may
swell the list of the lost
The boat burned to the hull and was
towed to Chicago the next morning.
All the lost were drowned. 1t is certain
none were burned.
The Champlain was a passenger pro-
peller, built at Ogdensburg, n. Y, in
1870, and rebuilt at the same place in
1884. She was owned by II. j. Kline of
Milwaukee and valued at S25, 900.
The Northern Michigan line, to which
the Champlin belonged, was composed of
that steamer and the Lawrence, Capt.
George Thorpe. Both were upper cabin
passenger propellers, and ran regularly
from Chicago to the Lake Michigan shore
points between Frankfort and Cheboygan.
Daring Train Robbery.
One of the most daring train robberes
that has ever occurred in Texas was per-
petrated the other morning a short distance
from Schulenburg Oh the Southern Pacific
railway. AS the train drew up at the
station two men with drawn revolvers
mounted the engine, covered the engineer
and forced him to pull the train to the
nrairin a faty bunHraI wards "A tho
east, where fire was burning and around
which stood eight or ten men, all armed
with Winchester rifles. The two robbers
at the engine stood guard over the man at
the throttle, while the others went through
the mail, express and baggage cars.
Nearly all the passengers were asleep
and unaware of what was going on until
they were aroused by the robbers. The
first man tackled by them was Mr. w.
Newburger of New York, whom they
struck on the head with a revolver and
secured from him S75 in cash. several dia-
monds and a gold watch valued at 81, 200.
Lou Mayer of Cincinnati, was relieved of
S35. II. l.. Armstrong; New York, gave
up $50. He had larger amount of money
with him, which was hidden in the sleep
ing car. A gentleman from Mexico whose
name could not be ascertained. lost $500.
All passengers were relieved of what i'm
mediate valuables they possessed, and it
is difficult to form any estimate of the
amount Of money and jewelry secured.
The amount, however, is reckoned at
about 50, 600.
Wells, Fargo & Co. S express car was
also gone through, but the amount of money
taken is not yet known. No mail route
agent was on the train, but the through
mail pouches in the express car were all
cut open and their contents appropriated.
The total amount secured by the robbers
is placed at IS, 900 or $40, 600, but when
careful revision of the matter is made the
amount may be changed. There is no
doubt that considerable ''bcodle" was Sc
cured. The whole country is aroused and
in arms. Several posses have gone in
search of the robbers.